Reading Teaching Resources
Open up a world of reading to your students with thousands of printable reading worksheets, center activities, anchor charts, Google Slides templates and thousands more teacher-created resources.
Are you teaching foundational language skills to primary students who are in the early stages of literacy? Or maybe you're teaching in the upper elementary grades or on the middle school level where chapter books rule the school?
No matter the grade or the students' reading levels, this collection of teaching resources from Teach Starter's teacher team is chock full of curriculum-aligned options to help you cut down on the time-consuming task of lesson planning. Help your class meet both Common Core and state-level standards with ELA resources that have undergone a thorough review process to ensure they're ready for your classroom and your students!
With editable options for many of the digital and printable teaching resources in the collection, you can easily differentiate instruction to meet students where they are as they build their understanding of written and oral language.
Reading Resources for Teachers
Here's just a taste of what you can find in this reading resource collection:
- Comprehension texts and comprehension strategy materials for students from kindergarten through 6th grade
- Sight words worksheets, games, and interactives
- Readers theater scripts
- Classroom posters with reading hints and tips for students
- Vocabulary skill-building activities
- Reading response worksheets and activities that let students practice interacting with text, using text evidence, and learning to summarize
- And more!
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What's Missing? - Alphabet Worksheet
A set of worksheets to practice writing the letters of the alphabet in order.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - AT
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “at” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Poetry Task Cards
A set of 20 task cards to practice different elements of peotry.
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Figurative Language Sorting Activity
Explore figurative language in context with this set of 28 sorting cards.
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CVC Words Parking Lot Game
Practice decoding and spelling CVC words with this set of 16 word cards and matching game board.
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Using Clues to Determine Meaning Worksheet
Practice defining unfamiliar words by looking for context clues within a sentence.
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Sign Language Alphabet Poster
Display this poster in your classroom as a reminder of how to represent the letters of the alphabet when spelling words in ASL (American Sign Language).
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Initial Sound Sorting Activity (s, a, t, p, i, and n)
A sorting activity to practice initial sounds regarding the letters s, a, t, p, i, and n.
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Grade 6 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 1
An 80-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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FIND IT! L Blends Board Game
Practice decoding and spelling words with this board game that focuses on L consonant blends.
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Letter Match-Up Cards
A set of uppercase and lowercase letter cards.
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Alphabet Letter Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students' knowledge of uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Last One Standing Active Game
An active game that allows students to build their vocabulary knowledge.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Set 1
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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Design Your Own Book Cover Worksheet
Design a new book cover and summarise a book using this one-page, printable template.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - AND
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “and” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Dr. Mae Jemison – Comprehension Worksheet
Review our profile on the first Black woman astronaut and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
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Frayer Model for Building Vocabulary Activity
Work on your students' vocabulary development with this Frayer Model template.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Brooke Boney – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension task to use when learning about Brooke Boney.
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Responding to Poetry Worksheets – 3rd Grade
Teach poetry analysis skills with this set of engaging children’s poems and poetry worksheets exploring purpose, audience, structure, sound and imagery.
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Finding Word Meaning In Context - Word Detective Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students how to find word meaning in context.
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Time Prefixes Worksheet Pack – Re, Pre, Mid and Post
Download this prefix worksheet pack to help students use time prefixes such as re, pre, mid and post across a range of contexts.
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Informative Paragraphs Sequencing Activity
Teach your students about informational text paragraph structure with this hands-on sequencing activity.
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Comprehension - Three Billy Goats Gruff
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Compare and Contrast - Objects Worksheets
A pack of 5 worksheets comparing and contrasting pictures of similar objects.
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Little Red Riding Hood – Comprehension Worksheet
Develop your students' reading comprehension skills with a well-known fairy tale.
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2nd Grade Fluency Reading Passages
Download a printable pack of 2nd grade reading fluency passages with a printable ORF assessment pack.
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Note-taking Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when taking notes.
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Beginning Blends Interactive PowerPoint Activity
Use this bright and interactive PowerPoint activity where Year 1 students identify beginning blends and type the correct two letters to match each image.
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Dice Roll - Content Vocabulary Activity
Use our ‘Dice Roll’ Content Vocabulary Activity as an opportunity to help your students grow their vocabulary skills in the classroom.
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Comparing Characters Activity Pack
Use this Comparing Characters Activity Pack to help students strengthen their reading comprehension by analyzing how characters act, feel, and speak within a story.
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High Frequency Tricky Words Teaching Slides - Kinder
Use these explicit, ready-to-teach slides that help students segment sounds, identify the “tricky” part, and learn it by heart, aligned with structured literacy
- Reading Worksheets
- Reading Games
- Reading Templates
- Reading Posters
- Reading Flashcards
- Reading Word Walls
- Reading for Pre-K
- Reading for Kindergarten
- Reading for 1st Grade
- Reading for 2nd Grade
- Reading for 3rd Grade
- Reading for 4th Grade
- Reading for 5th Grade
- Reading for 6th Grade
- Reading for 7th Grade